List of mayors of Fort Wayne, Indiana

The following people have served as mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana:

#	Image	Name	Party	Term	Notes
1		George W. Wood	Whig	1840	Elected mayor March 1, 1840 for the newly incorporated city of 2,080. Resigned July 5, 1841.
2		Joseph Morgan	Whig	1841–1842	Elected in special election to replace Wood.
3		Henry Lotz	Whig	1843	Resigned June 22, 1844.
4		John M. Wallace	Whig	1844	Elected in special election to replace Lotz. Resigned May 8, 1845.
5		Dr. Merchant W. Huxford	Whig	1845–1849	Elected in special election to replace Wallace.
6		William Stewart	Democrat	1849–1852
7		Dr. Philip G. Jones	Know Nothing	1852
8		Charles Whitmore	Democrat	1853–1854
9		William Stewart	Democrat	1855–1857
10		Samuel S. Morss	Know Nothing	1857–1859
11		Franklin P. Randall	Democrat	1859–1864
12		Judge James L. Worden	Democrat	1865	Resigned
13		Benjamin Saunders	Democrat	1866	Acting Mayor
14		Henry Sharp	Republican	1867–1868
15		Franklin P. Randall	Democrat	1869–1873
16		Charles Zollinger	Democrat	1873–1885
17		Charles F. Muhler	Democrat	1885–1889	Elected by council to complete Zolliger's term; reelected to second term.
18		Daniel L. Harding	Republican	1889–1893
19		Charles Zollinger	Democrat	1893	Died in office, December 28, 1893.
20		Henry P. Scherer	Democrat	1894
21		Chauncey B. Oakley	Republican	1894–1897
21		Henry P. Scherer	Democrat	1897–1901
22		Henry C. Berghoff	Democrat	1901–1905
23		William J. Hosey	Democrat	1905–1909
24		Jesse Grice	Republican	1909–1913
25		William J. Hosey	Democrat	1913–1917
26		Sherman Cutshall	Republican	1917–1921
27		William J. Hosey	Democrat	1921–1925
28		William C. Geake	Republican	1925–1929
29		William J. Hosey	Democrat	1929–1934
30		Harry W. Baals	Republican	1934–1947
31		Henry Branning	Democrat	1947–1951	Indicted on charges of larceny while in office, charges later dropped
32		Harry W. Baals	Republican	1951–1954	Died in office.
33		Robert Meyers	Republican	1954–1959
34		Paul Mike Burns	Democrat	1959–1963
35		Harold S. Zeis	Republican	1963–1971
36		Ivan Lebamoff	Democrat	1971–1975
37		Robert E. Armstrong	Republican	1975–1979
38		Winfield Moses	Democrat	1979–1985	Resigned from office in 1985 due to legal scandal.
39		Cosette Simon	Democrat	1985	First woman mayor; appointed acting-mayor until special election, serving just 11 days.
40		Winfield Moses	Democrat	1985–1987	Re-elected to complete term after special election.
41		Paul Helmke	Republican	1987–1999	First mayor elected to three consecutive terms since Harry W. Baals.
42		Graham Richard	Democrat	1999–2007
43		Tom Henry	Democrat	2007-present	First Democrat elected to succeed another Democrat as mayor since 1905.

References

• Henry makes history with election win (Accessed November 9, 2007)